Irving Leibowitz

Motivation comes from the heart, ideas come from the brain and success comes from hard working hands. He who works with his hands is a laborer and he who works with his head and hands is a craftsman. Irving Leibowitz was an active, handy tinkerer who had his hands in a number of things. Irv was a yard sale hound and had a passion for boating and fishing. Many men go fishing without knowing it's not the fish they're after. It's not to find themselves but to lose themselves. On Wednesday December 28, 2016 Irv was the one that got away and we were left with the memory of the biggest fish he never caught. Irv was born in Brooklyn, NY and had been a long time Burlington resident. His home had contributed to the manpower of our great nation, fighting in WWII to uphold the ideals of our American freedoms in the U.S. Navy. He worked as a machinist at De Laval Steam Turbine Co. in Trenton and briefly operated his own machine shop in Riverside for a few years. Irv loved sailing and table tennis. At home he would recondition fishing tackle and bicycles offering them up for sale or to be donated. Mr. Leibowitz will fondly be remembered as a generous, on the go husband and friend who was early to bed, early to rise, fished like hell and made up lies. Mr. Leibowitz is the widower of his late wife Ethel and is survived by his siblings; Bob, Shirley, Phyllis and Jerry as well as many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Relatives and friends are invited to join the Hancock and Leibowitz families to remember Irv, celebrate the "big catch" and pay tribute to a seaman's valor on Wednesday evening between 6:00 and 7:00 pm at the Page Funeral Home 302 E. Union St. Burlington where Military honors will be presented at 7:00 pm. Inurnment and love's reunion will be held privately. As an expression of sympathy and in lieu 0f flowers, donations can be made to the American Heart Association 1 Union St., suite 301 Robbinsville, NJ 08691 www.heart.org To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Irving Leibowitz please visit our Sympathy Store.

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